Noun: protectiveness pru'tek-tiv-nus
- The quality of providing protection
"statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination"
- A feeling of protective affection
"The mother's protectiveness towards her child was instinctive"
Type of: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, quality, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness
Encyclopedia: Protectiveness